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A soldier in Saipan, 1944.

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Ken Burns

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Ken Burns

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"The War" is the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.

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Behind the Scenes | Inside the Edit of 'The War'

Behind the Scenes | Inside the Edit of 'The War'

Behind the Scenes | Inside the Edit of 'The War'

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick on distilling World War II into a 14-and-a-half-hour film.

Ken Burns Answers: What Was It Like?

Ken Burns Answers: What Was It Like?

Ken Burns Answers: What Was It Like?

Ken Burns on the single question at the heart of The War: What was it like?

The First Photo of America's WWII Dead

The First Photo of America's WWII Dead

The First Photo of America's WWII Dead

In 1943, LIFE published the first photo of American war dead the public was allowed to see.

D-Day: The Airborne Invasion

D-Day: The Airborne Invasion

D-Day: The Airborne Invasion

Just after midnight on D-Day, 24,000 Allied paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines in Normandy.